From: Krish Jain <krishjain02939@gmail.com>
To: "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Declare the file_operations struct as const
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 20:38:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPGkw+w-y+iC3dMDLxi8DR3N+jf8roiJ2Vs_-uHxJ=i57eTiUA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPGkw+yJ=V0OwFE+uqCeWWS8JbJD=YBE3+Uk-OKpmHRnvSTh+A@mail.gmail.com>
So what do you think I can do?
Best Regards
On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:50 AM Krish Jain <krishjain02939@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, yes, this is my first time programming at this low level. And yes,
> I read both docs now. Furthermore the issue is that my current
> hardware can't handle building the kernel, it barely managed to
> survive the first build after 2 hours so I don't know how I can. If I
> change it to static const would it fix the issue and build
> successfully? If not what would be the error message, then I can
> debug. Thanks
>
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 9:48 AM Fabio M. De Francesco
> <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Friday, August 27, 2021 8:49:30 AM CEST Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > > On Friday, August 27, 2021 3:59:28 AM CEST Krish Jain wrote:
> > > > From: Krish Jain <krishjain02939@gmail.com>
> > > >
> > > > Declare the file_operations struct as const as done elsewhere in the
> > > > kernel, as there are no modifications to its fields.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Krish Jain <krishjain02939@gmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > []
> > > Are you sure that it works? I wouldn't be.
> > > You didn't build this file. Please build your changes before submitting patches.
> > >
> > > Furthermore, please always rebase to the current version of the staging tree.
> > >
> > > Finally, please use the class modifier "static" as the first keyword of a declaration/definition
> > > as it is done everywhere in the kernel (see "grep -rn "static const" drivers/staging/" and
> > > then switch to "const static" and read the output).
> >
> > Please don't misunderstand me: as far as I can see this is your first patch and
> > (I'm pretty sure I can speak for everyone else about this) you are very welcome
> > to staging and to kernel hacking :)
> >
> > However, before posting further works, you'd better read at least the following
> > documents:
> >
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/4.Coding.html
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html
> >
> > And please don't forget to always CC linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org.
> >
> > Have a nice time with kernel hacking.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fabio
> >
> >
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[not found] <CAPGkw+x+B1731SL=afoSKiWwH-n-FA5YJ+WOwYdv8iyFhWk1zA@mail.gmail.com>
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2021-08-27 7:48 ` [PATCH] Declare the file_operations struct as const Fabio M. De Francesco
2021-08-27 8:50 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-27 18:38 ` Krish Jain [this message]
2021-08-27 19:46 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-27 23:38 ` Bryan Brattlof
2021-08-28 9:37 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-28 9:46 ` Greg KH
2021-08-28 9:52 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-28 11:13 ` Fabio M. De Francesco
2021-08-29 2:13 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-29 2:16 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-29 6:16 ` Greg KH
2021-08-29 14:45 Bryan Brattlof
2021-08-29 16:20 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-29 16:34 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-29 16:49 ` Bryan Brattlof
2021-08-29 16:56 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-29 18:28 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-29 18:46 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-29 21:00 ` Bryan Brattlof
2021-08-29 22:11 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-30 12:40 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-30 13:01 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-31 0:42 ` Krish Jain
2021-08-31 13:35 ` Bryan Brattlof
2021-08-31 14:00 ` Fabio M. De Francesco
2021-08-31 23:00 ` Bryan Brattlof
2021-09-01 15:20 ` Krish Jain
2021-09-01 15:30 ` Greg KH
2021-09-01 15:34 ` Krish Jain
2021-09-01 16:51 ` Greg KH
2021-09-01 17:34 ` Bryan Brattlof
2021-09-01 18:04 ` Krish Jain
2021-09-01 20:29 ` Bryan Brattlof
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2021-08-27 2:19 Krish Jain
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